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There’s a new buzz at London’s Stock Exchange. The U.K.’s Independent newspaper reports that the LSE is to welcome up to a 100,000 new worker drones in the form of two beehives to its rooftop in the City.

Xavier Rolet, the Exchange’s chief executive, is said to be a keen apiarist and is keen to tackle Europe’s dwindling bee population.

A spokesman for the Exchange said Mr. Rolet keeps hives at his estate in Provence.

“He sells the honey from his own hives,” the spokesman said.

The spokesman said the hives were being installed as part of the Exchange’s ‘Green Week’ in September. “We have some bee keeping suits for staff. They will be encouraged to get involved.”